Guidelines for Thinning Ponderosa Pine for Improved Forest Health and Fire Prevention

Guidelines for Thinning Ponderosa Pine for Improved Forest Health and Fire Prevention

7 pp. === Preventing catastrophic stand replacing events are best accomplished through thinning. Lower tree densities result in greater tree growth. Stands with lower tree densities have greater plant diversity. Determining stand conditions will provide a baseline for formulating a plan to improve s...

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Main Author: DeGomez, Tom
Other Authors: Natural Resources & the Environment, School of
Language:en_US
Published: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) 2006
Subjects:
uneven-aged
tree densities
even-aged
basal area
wildfire
bark beetle
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/146952

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